The Belles of Saint Mary’s
April 20, 1951
Order Of Circle Initiates Five New
Members During Midnight Walk
Elects New Marshals
For Commencenwnt And Next Year
Dalton, Perry, Hammon, Daw
son, Oettinger Receive Honor
CAMPUS NOTES
The Circle, Saint Mary’s honor
society, walked for the third time
this year Monday, April 9. Five new
members were initiated. They are
Sally Dalton, Evelyn Oettinger,
Mary Gage Hammond, Nancy Daw
son, and Lois Perry.
Sally Dalton, of Charlotte, is pres
ident of the sophomore class, secre
tary-treasurer of the MWCA, a mem
ber of the BELLES staff, the Stage
Coach staff, and the Beacon. She is
a Sigma.
Evelyn Oettinger, of Kinston, is
chairman of assembly, president of
the'Sigmas, business manager of the
BELLES, a member of the Hall
Council, Letter Club, Canterbury
Club, Athletic Council, and Dra
matic Club.
Mary Gage Hammond, of Green
ville, South Carolina, is a member
of the Canterbury Club and the
Altar Guild. She is on the Honor
Council for next year and is a Mu.
Nancy Dawson, of Elizabeth City,
is vice-president of the junior class,
vice-president of the Student Gov
ernment for 1951-52, head cheer
leader for the Sigma’s, and a mem
ber of the Canterbury Club and the
Dramatic Club.
Patricia George, ’49 H.S., was
recently elected president of the Uni
versity of North Carolina’s chapter
of the Delta Delta Delta sorority for
next year. She is secretary of the
sophomore class and last year was
social chairman of the freshman
class. Pat is a resident of Chapel
Hill.
Patterson Is Head
Of Coming Seniors
Chief Laura Hays Will Drop
Handkerchief at Close of Year
VolS
, Helen Brundage, ’50, is president
of the University of North Caro
lina’s chapter of Pi Beta Phi soror
ity. Helen is from Tryon.
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Betty Bowles, ’50, of Statesville,
is the newly elected president of the
University of North Carolina’s chap
ter of Chi Omega sorority.
Saint Mary’s present junior class
has elected xinn Patterson as next
year’s president of the class.
Ann is from Edenton, North Cai-
olina, and has been at Sahrt Mary s
three years. She is active m the
Canterbury Club, Altar Guild, Dra
matic Club, Orchesis, and is on both
the BELLES and Stage Coach
staffs. She is the current junior
class secretary and is a btgma.
The duties of the senior class
president are;
1. To keep the page list up to
date.
2. To be responsible for the Little
Store.
Betty Ray, ’50, of Faison, is presi
dent of the YWCA at the Univer
sity of North Carolina for the ses
sion 1951-52 and also vice-president
of the Phi Beta Phi sorority.
3. To organize the Old-Girl-New-
Girl party.
4. To make arrangements for the
Senior Dance.
5. To arrange the Class Day pro
gram.
Lois Perry, from Windsor, is on
the Honor Council for next year, a
Mu cheerleader, and a member of
the Canterbury Club and the Dra
matic Club.
Marjorie Penton, of Wiliaington,
has been appointed associate editor
of the Bulletin. Marjorie is a jun
ior, a member of the choir, the Glee
Club, the Granddaughters’ Club, and
a Sigma.
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6. To take charge of the senior
play.
7. To call and preside over meet
ings of the senior class.
8. To submit to the president of
the Student xkssociation the name
of the faculty member desired as ad
viser.
9. To serve on the Legislative
Body.
The Student Body elected as ni
shals for the year 1951-52 a
Hays, Margaret Cheatham,
Hines, Anna Redding, Nell
Crofton, and Susan Shepl^
Laura Hays will be the chief Hi‘
. Laura Hays is from Durham.
is a Sigma and a “her ot
Granddaughters Club, the Y
Orchesis, and Stgma 1 % Alpha^
Margaret Cheatham is froin IR ^
derson. She is a and
member of the Granddaug t
Club, Orchesis, and the Cante
Club. She IS a member of the i _
Guild and IS on the ^^LLES
She is also chairman of the dec ^
tion committee for the Junior-
Dance. ,1
Ruth Hines is from Greeiiiv
South Carolina. She
and is a member of the YW )
Granddaughters’ Club, and the ^
Club. She was recently electe
dance marshal. j,,
Anna Redding is from
land. New York. She is_ a J
is a member of Orchesis a
Dramatic Club. She is the la
ing editor of the 1952 Stage
S i. o„ the BELLES »t.«.
Nell Boone Crofton is from
berton. She is a Mu and is a
her of the YWCN.
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Saint Mary’s Beacon
Taps Six New Members
The Beacon, Saint Mary’s high
school honor organization, tapped
six new members Wednesday, March
21. Tlie,organization held its initia
tion ceremony and party in the Hut
after supper on that same date.
The girls selected for membership
at that time were Vicki Stedman,
Laura Matheson, Jean Summers,
Mary Michal, Catherine Morrison,
and Jean Summerlin.
Memhershi]) in the Beacon is one
of th'e highest honors that can come
to an underclassman at Saint Ma-
Jo Cooper, ’49 H.S., has achieved
the distinction of becoming a Junior
Durant Scholar at Wellesley. This
honor is awarded only to a relatively
small number of juniors and seniors
who stand at the very top of their
classes.
Saint Mary’s Library
Receives New Books
Susan DuepimiLi ^
She is a 3Iu cheerleader, a m
of the Glee Club and Orchesis,
is on the Legislative Body.
While Jo was at Saint Mary’s she
ranked first in her class. ^ She won
Pepsi-Cola Scholarship Contest
in North Carolina in 1948.
Since being at Wellesley, Jo has
also organized and swum in a water
ballet.
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organization since the principal pur
poses are to promote among the
high .school girls a better school
spirit, more cooperation, and par
ticipation in extracurricular activ
ities.”
Vicki, of Lumberton, is ]unior
warden for the Student Vestry and
a Mu cheerleader. She is a mem
ber of the Canterbury Club, the
Dramatic Club, and the Stage Coach
staff.
Laura, of Ahoskie, is secretary
of the sophomore class and a mem
ber of the YWCA and Doctors
Daughters’ Club. She is a Sigma.
Jean Summers, of Richmond,
Virginia, is a member of Orchesis,
the YWCA, the Dramatic Club, and
the Doctors’ Daughters’ Club. She
is a Sigm^a.
Mary, of Waynesville, is a mem
ber of the Dramatic Club, the Doc
tors’ Daughters’ Club, and the Can
terbury Club. She is a Mu.
■‘The Beacon is not a secret
Widgee Switzer, ’50 H.S., of Har
risonburg, Virginia; Beth Ilarriss,
’50, of Wilmington; and Mrs. Ral
ston Welch (nee Betty Ann William
son, ex ’51) were visitors during the
■\veek April 5-8.
EvGlyn Aleiizies won a rating of
excellent in the State High School
Music Contest held in Greensboro
April 11. She won the right to enter
the finals by winning a rating of
superior in the district contest at
Meredith College earlier this month.
Evelyn was one of twenty-two pian
ists chosen to play from a larger
group of over 200, chosen from all
sections of the state. She plans to
enter Converse College as a music
major in the fall. She is from Hick
ory and is a student of Donald Beery.
Saint Mary’s library has received
nine new books through membership
in the Heritage Club. The Heritage
Club specializes in printing classics
of all languages. All the books are
decorated by leading illustrators with
illustrations, type, and paper espe
cially selected to go with the_ text.
The library joined the club in an
attempt to arouse interest in the
finer editions.
The books already received are
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte,
Wuthering HeighIs, by E m 11 y
Bronte, Stevenson’s Kidnapped,
Goethe’s Faust, Hawthorne’s House
of the Seven Gahles, Old Goriot, by
Hoiiore De Balzac, Crainquebille, by
Anatole France, Madame Bovary, by
Flaubert, and The Way of All Flesh,
by Samuel Butler.
Books to arrive in the future are
Voltaire’s Candide and Tolstoi’s War
and Peace.
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islative Body, together
cates of the aniuial TeporD
ted to the President of the t
and to deliver them to the tu
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Dramatic Club and is a btg
The duties of the president
day students are: . iH'
1. To keep the day stiidei
formed of student goveriinie
tivities. .
2. To call and preside o\ei
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of the faculty member desi
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5. To be responsible toi
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the day students’ room.
Miss M. D. Jones addressed the
Washington xMumnae Chapter in
Washington, D. C., xkpril 14.
Mary Gage is a Mu and a
pv of the Altar Guild and
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Catherine, of Gastonia, is secre
tary of the freshman class and a
member of the YWCA. She is a
Mu.
Miss Bertha Ruef, a former teach
er of French at Saint Mary’s, has
recently visited Miss Bason. Miss
Ruef is now working for the Depart
ment of Defense in Washington.
Jean Summerlin, of Goldsboro, is
a member of the YWCA and the
Dramatic Club. She is a Mu.
I would not mind a woman having
the last word if she did not have so
many before she gets to it. Olin
Miller, Journal.
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her of the Altar Guild and tu
terbury Club- This is Maiy
first year at Saint Mary s. i*
Lois is a Mu cheerleader pi,r
member of the Canterbuiy^^ jiji
matic Clubs. Both Mary ot
Lois are members of the ui
the Circle. ^
Their duties are : _ #
1. To attend all meetings
Honor Council. _ n-op®**':
2. To encourage active c
tion with the Student Gove
Association. !